These closed gates stood for many years on the edge of a weedy paddock on Lorimer St in Fishermans Bend, a remnant of General Motors Holden once extensive operation. In the background are some of the GMH workshops. Since 2013, the land has been sold. Subdivided. Planned for. Built. The gates that were a link […]
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Port & South
Family tree
In November 1839, one hundred and eighty years ago, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet, his wife Caroline and their nine children arrived in Hobsons Bay on board the William Metcalfe. Rather than passing through as so many others did, they settled on what was then known only as ‘The Beach’. Over time the place came to […]
Docklands
Souvenir
Small smaller smallest is an endearing exhibition at the Emerald Hill Heritage Centre in South Melbourne. People living in Port Phillip were invited ‘to share treasured miniatures, knick knacks and ornaments’ for an exhibition for Seniors Week. Stories as tender as new asparagus were told at the exhibition opening. Those small, inanimate objects on display […]
Yarra & Bay
Before the storm
Low tide, wide beach polystyrene disaggregates fishermen wait
Port of Melbourne
Another anniversary
Cars, planes and now ships: Some anniversaries are so significant because of their unfolding ramifications they are worth recording even though the date has passed. In March 1969, Melbourne’s first container dock was completed, in time for the arrival of the first container ship in April. The container revolution was on the horizon from the […]
Southbank
Spring Cleaning The City
No rest for the committed. The day after the Global Climate Strike, it was the second Spring Clean the City. The gathering place was Queensbridge Square on the Southbank Promenade. Not so much a successful public square as an intersection of spaces that are moved through rather than lingered in. Even though the Red Stair […]
Urban planning
Melbourne – bike city?
from the archives 31 August 2013 Bike City: a discussion in Melbourne Knowledge Week 2013 Eben Weiss conveyed a laid back New York state of mind. He has always been a bike rider ‘no matter what’, negotiating the dynamic city. While welcoming New York’s new bike infrastructure, he had a ‘however’ qualification. The lack of […]
Waste – waste warriors, activists & artists
Spring Cleaning The City
No rest for the committed. The day after the Global Climate Strike, it was the second Spring Clean the City. The gathering place was Queensbridge Square on the Southbank Promenade. Not so much a successful public square as an intersection of spaces that are moved through rather than lingered in. Even though the Red Stair […]
People making change
Family tree
In November 1839, one hundred and eighty years ago, Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet, his wife Caroline and their nine children arrived in Hobsons Bay on board the William Metcalfe. Rather than passing through as so many others did, they settled on what was then known only as ‘The Beach’. Over time the place came to […]